Long-Range Sensor Communication.

Abstract

A performance study was conducted to determine the feasibility of direct long-range remote sensor communications without the use of relays. Of the propagation modes analyzed, HF ionospheric, MF.HF ground-wave, and forward meteor scatter, the HF ionospheric propagation mode is favored and performance predictions using this mode for digital message transmission are presented. The performance is given in terms of predicted message error rate and circuit outage under various conditions of range, frequency, hour, season, sunspot number and geographic location.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA011924

Entities

People

  • Charles B. Sykes
  • Richard G. Robertson

Organizations

  • ARCO

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Frequency
  • Ionospheric Propagation
  • Remote Detectors

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.